Sweet Snow Along 10 - One Last Pieced Block and Star Snowman
Posted by Wanda Milankov on
The goal this week is to assemble one last block, Row 1 Block 2, and the Star Snowman
You will need:
- Black Vintage Cookbook fabric
- White Solid fabric
- Optional: Deb Tucker® ruler
- 6 Star Snowman pattern pages
- 18” x 27”rectangle of Blue Vintage Ads fabric
- Fabric collection
- Fusible web - EZ Steam® or Steam-A Seam II Lite®
- fine permanent marker or pen
- paper and fabric scissors
- 10" piece of parchment paper or a non-stick pressing sheet
- Iron and pressing surface
Lots to do this week! Let's start with the block construction.
Again, there are two methods for this assembly.
Row 1 Block 2
|
Black fabric |
White fabric |
Method 1 |
4 - 2” x 3½” 2 - 2¾” squares 4 - 2” squares |
2 - 3⅞” squares 2 - 2¾” squares 1 - 2" square |
Method 2 |
4 - 2” x 3½” 4 - 3" squares 4 -2" squares |
8 - 3" squares 5 - 2" squares |
Method 1:
1. Slice each 3⅞” white square in half once diagonally.
2. Slice all 2¾” black and white squares diagonally twice.
3. Using the Pieced Block Guide in the pattern as a guide, lay all of the pieces out beside your sewing machine as they would appear in the block and sew them together. Hint: Sew the 4 quadrants first.
4. Square the block to 8".
Method 2:
1. Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of a white 3" square.
2. Position a black 3" square right sides together with the white square.
3. Sew a scant ¼” on each side of the drawn line and slice the unit in half on the drawn line.
The next installment is 2 weeks away! Thought you might need an extra week to catch up!
Sweet Snow Along 10 will be posted March 29th
Hello Wanda, would you break up the snowman into 5 pieces or just on whole piece of white fabric.
Thank you
Lori
Step 6 in method 2, shouldn’t it be a white 3 inch square ? And are the number of 3 inch squares two too many for each colour ?
Hi Wanda,
For the life of me, I can’t figure how the black background with the white triangle can make this block. It looks like it would work with a white background and a black triangle. Help please.
Leslie